fantasy football: a league of our own

ok, so i couldn't wait ;D

to join the league:

[li]go to yahoo fantasy football homepage (http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/)[/li]
[li]click on "JOIN an existing league and compete against other players - Join a League"[/li]
[li]sign in to your yahoo account (or create one)[/li]
[li]click on "Join Custom League"[/li]
[li]League ID: 147240, password: 930 rox.[/li]
[li]create a team[/li]
[li]beat BookerT[/li]

league dues are $25, payable before the first game of the season.  payment can be made via paypal or check & snail-mail, see commissioner's note on the league page: http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/league/league930

last year's managers should have already received an invite to resurrect their old teams.  if you don't want to play this year, please decline the invitation - i believe that spots are reserved for returning teams, so free up you spot if your not going to use it.

league currently has a 12 team maximum - should i trim that down to 10?

i have tentatively set the live online draft for monday, Aug 30 at 8:00pm EDT.  we can have the usual debate about lunchtime vs. at night, i'm indifferent.

godsshoeshine wrote:
will it be yahoo?

yeah, i think we'll stick with yahoo.  they've improved it a lot over the past 2 years, and everyone in the league is used to it. 

12 is fine with me, but at least 10 please. Last year was too watered down imho with too many quality free agents available at a moments notice.

i thought that having a decent choice of free agents was pretty cool.  it's not like a payton manning or a chris johnson were available - you were still taking some amount of risk.  it made last year more fun for me, i spent more time pondering managerial decisions (like who loses his spot on the squad for the free agent - is the free agent really worth it? etc)

We'll have to agree to disagree on whether or not having more quality free agents makes things better or not.

I'll still play whether we have 2 teams or 12.

sweetcell wrote:
i thought that having a decent choice of free agents was pretty cool.  it's not like a payton manning or a chris johnson were available - you were still taking some amount of risk.  it made last year more fun for me, i spent more time pondering managerial decisions (like who loses his spot on the squad for the free agent - is the free agent really worth it? etc)

up to seven teams.  we need at least one more although 3 would be ideal.  shadrach would prefer 5, so we get to 12-team league.

other than the TBDs, managed by brian_c_wallace, it's all returning teams.  let's bring in some new blood.

mmmmm.  bloooooooooood…

I'm more than happy with 10, but 8 is eh.

sweetcell wrote:
up to seven teams.  we need at least one more although 3 would be ideal.  shadrach would prefer 5, so we get to 12-team league.

other than the TBDs, managed by brian_c_wallace, it's all returning teams.  let's bring in some new blood.

mmmmm.  bloooooooooood…

Im in, sorry i havent accepted the request yet.  Hopefully I will do a bit better this season.

we're up to 10 teams, so for the moment i've locked down the league.  if any late-comers want to join, please PM me.  we'd need a pair of you since a head-to-head league requires an even number of teams.  i'd like to avoid last year's last-minute scramble to find a team (or what it the previous year?).

for the managers who are signed up, please review the league settings at http://football.fantasysports.yahoo.com/f1/147240/settings - no changes from previous years, i believe.

REMINDER: Draft Time is Monday Aug 30 at 8:00pm EDT 

god luck to everyone, and remember: don't let BookerT win.

sweetcell wrote:
i'd like to avoid last year's last-minute scramble to find a team (or what it the previous year?).

god luck to everyone, and remember: don't let BookerT win.

it was the previous year and i was who joined last minute. the rest is history.

do your best, losers.

reminder: draft is tomorrow, Monday Aug 30, at 8 pm EDT.

In the future it would be nice if we could select the draft order ahead of time to help us prepare. I don't know if there's a fair way to do this, but it would be beneficial.

Something to think about for next season.

Shadrach wrote:
In the future it would be nice if we could select the draft order ahead of time to help us prepare. I don't know if there's a fair way to do this, but it would be beneficial.

Something to think about for next season.

I think that's something standard with Yahoo.  The draft order always seems to be set only about a half and hour before the draft.  I'm not even sure if you can physically set it to be revealed earlier.

Brian

The commissioner has the ability to set the draft order in advance.

Brian_Wallace wrote:

Shadrach wrote:
In the future it would be nice if we could select the draft order ahead of time to help us prepare. I don't know if there's a fair way to do this, but it would be beneficial.

Something to think about for next season.

I think that's something standard with Yahoo.  The draft order always seems to be set only about a half and hour before the draft.  I'm not even sure if you can physically set it to be revealed earlier.

Brian

Shadrach wrote:
The commissioner has the ability to set the draft order in advance.

have i mentioned that i have the #1 draft pick?  ;D

just kidding… i didn't know that the commish could set the order.  certainly something i'd be happy to do in the future.

i think it's too late to change the order for today - i mean, technically it could be done but i don't like such last-minute changes.  brian is correct, draft order will be revealed at 7:30 tonight.

sweetcell wrote:
have i mentioned that i have the #1 draft pick?  ;D

just kidding…

no, seriously, i was kidding. 

kinda freaky.

sweetcell wrote:

Shadrach wrote:
The commissioner has the ability to set the draft order in advance.

have i mentioned that i have the #1 draft pick?  ;D

just kidding… i didn't know that the commish could set the order.  certainly something i'd be happy to do in the future.

i think it's too late to change the order for today - i mean, technically it could be done but i don't like such last-minute changes.  brian is correct, draft order will be revealed at 7:30 tonight.

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Any thoughts from week 1?

I won…that is a nice thought. 

league's-bitch-of-the-week award goes to We Are Both Carls.  he scored the second-most points so only one team could beat him… unfortunately, that was his opponent (T-Bars).  so he's in 6th place, with over twice as many points as the person in 5th.

matt forte racks up 30 points, aka a fifth of what he got all season last year?!?  and who is this arian foster kid?  he puts up 41 points - when he only scored 47 all season long in 2009?!?  it's official, folks.  bookerT either has very, very powerful friends or has made a deal with the devil (same thing, i suppose).

on my team, i was sorely disappointed that Sims-Walker and Harvin combined for a 1 point.  nice work guys.  had they pulled their own weight, We Are Both Carls probably wouldn't be feeling so bad right now ;D

interesting that this week, #1 plays #3 and #2 plays #4. 

(latest rumor: this year's SB half-time show = black eyed peas.  i see some half-time grilling in my future…)